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Current affairs and entertainment in Darebin | Covering Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury, Fairfield and surrounds.
Melbourne Water has released an interactive map of its revised stormwater flood hazard ratings in Darebin, and is seeking your input: buff.ly/B77KRus
October 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Melbourne Water has released an interactive map of its revised stormwater flood hazard ratings in Darebin, and is seeking your input: buff.ly/B77KRus
Rucca’s Hill? Over 10,000 sign petition against High Street McDonald’s: buff.ly/8Xo7am2
#Melbourne #Northcote
#Melbourne #Northcote
August 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Rucca’s Hill? Over 10,000 sign petition against High Street McDonald’s: buff.ly/8Xo7am2
#Melbourne #Northcote
#Melbourne #Northcote
Our second print edition is out now! Keep an eye out for a copy on High Street, from Westgarth to Preston.
(Fun game in this issue: find the glaring spelling error in a headline written at 4am!)
(Fun game in this issue: find the glaring spelling error in a headline written at 4am!)
August 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Our second print edition is out now! Keep an eye out for a copy on High Street, from Westgarth to Preston.
(Fun game in this issue: find the glaring spelling error in a headline written at 4am!)
(Fun game in this issue: find the glaring spelling error in a headline written at 4am!)
Local darkwave duo Full Fleshed plays two shows in Darebin this month: buff.ly/Rr2C7pS
August 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Local darkwave duo Full Fleshed plays two shows in Darebin this month: buff.ly/Rr2C7pS
Triple Hex! Inner north electronic artist's Triple J DJ debut coming tonight: buff.ly/fSQ3wPi
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Triple Hex! Inner north electronic artist's Triple J DJ debut coming tonight: buff.ly/fSQ3wPi
Open House Melbourne Weekend 2025 is half over! Find out which sites across Darebin are taking part this year: buff.ly/yugww9K
July 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Open House Melbourne Weekend 2025 is half over! Find out which sites across Darebin are taking part this year: buff.ly/yugww9K
Federal safety investigators will release a preliminary report on last weekend's Clifton Hill train derailment in “about two months”: buff.ly/FQFtsh3 #Melbourne
July 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Federal safety investigators will release a preliminary report on last weekend's Clifton Hill train derailment in “about two months”: buff.ly/FQFtsh3 #Melbourne
Clifton Hill group trains return after week’s suspension; investigation continues – buff.ly/FQFtsh3 #Melbourne
July 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Clifton Hill group trains return after week’s suspension; investigation continues – buff.ly/FQFtsh3 #Melbourne
21,905 enrolled voters in Darebin did not return a ballot to the Victorian Electoral Commission in the October 2024 election. Those yet to explain why face an extra fee and referral to Fines Victoria. Details: buff.ly/ToM82uW #VicPol #Melbourne
July 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
21,905 enrolled voters in Darebin did not return a ballot to the Victorian Electoral Commission in the October 2024 election. Those yet to explain why face an extra fee and referral to Fines Victoria. Details: buff.ly/ToM82uW #VicPol #Melbourne
Yarra Trams is warning commuters of potential delays after “operation issues” saw Route 86 trams redirected off High Street this morning: buff.ly/0HIDoFW #Melbourne
July 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yarra Trams is warning commuters of potential delays after “operation issues” saw Route 86 trams redirected off High Street this morning: buff.ly/0HIDoFW #Melbourne
Darebin City has appointed Anne Howard as its new full time CEO, almost a year after the council’s last full time chief gave notice: buff.ly/sKE7Kux #VicPol
May 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Darebin City has appointed Anne Howard as its new full time CEO, almost a year after the council’s last full time chief gave notice: buff.ly/sKE7Kux #VicPol
Incumbent member for Cooper, Ged Kearney, is “fairly confident” she will be returned at this weekend’s federal election.
We discussed key issues with the Labor MP at this morning's pre-poll: buff.ly/6HPsaZw #AusPol #AusVotes
We discussed key issues with the Labor MP at this morning's pre-poll: buff.ly/6HPsaZw #AusPol #AusVotes
May 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Incumbent member for Cooper, Ged Kearney, is “fairly confident” she will be returned at this weekend’s federal election.
We discussed key issues with the Labor MP at this morning's pre-poll: buff.ly/6HPsaZw #AusPol #AusVotes
We discussed key issues with the Labor MP at this morning's pre-poll: buff.ly/6HPsaZw #AusPol #AusVotes
Flags flew at half mast across Darebin today in honour of Darebin councillor Gaetano Greco, who died of cancer on Saturday.
He is remembered by his peers as a ‘man of unyielding integrity’: buff.ly/RA3llhV
He is remembered by his peers as a ‘man of unyielding integrity’: buff.ly/RA3llhV
April 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Flags flew at half mast across Darebin today in honour of Darebin councillor Gaetano Greco, who died of cancer on Saturday.
He is remembered by his peers as a ‘man of unyielding integrity’: buff.ly/RA3llhV
He is remembered by his peers as a ‘man of unyielding integrity’: buff.ly/RA3llhV
Registrations for Darebin’s three- and four-year-old kinder are now open:
Darebin kinder registrations open
Registrations for Darebin’s three- and four-year-old kinder are now open.
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April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Registrations for Darebin’s three- and four-year-old kinder are now open:
‘RAPID inflation’ is blamed for the City of Darebin facing an annual budget shortfall of $9.7 million by 2028: buff.ly/C7uArM6 #VicPol
Darebin searching for $9.7 million p.a.
‘RAPID inflation’ is blamed for the City of Darebin facing an annual budget shortfall of $9.7 million by July 2028. Councillors carried two motions addressing budget pressures at their latest…
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April 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
‘RAPID inflation’ is blamed for the City of Darebin facing an annual budget shortfall of $9.7 million by 2028: buff.ly/C7uArM6 #VicPol
Darebin councillors' decisions on a $1.88 million tender for new laptops were, in part, informed by international military action: buff.ly/etLmn3g #AusPol #VicPol
War clause dominates council laptop tender discussion
COUNCILLORS’ decisions on a $1.88 million tender for new laptops were, in part, informed by international military action. City of Darebin is looking to replace its fleet of laptops as reliability…
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April 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Darebin councillors' decisions on a $1.88 million tender for new laptops were, in part, informed by international military action: buff.ly/etLmn3g #AusPol #VicPol
Darebin flag policy review ‘very near’: buff.ly/wNDXE9g #VicPol
March 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Darebin flag policy review ‘very near’: buff.ly/wNDXE9g #VicPol
$80k for Reservoir Leisure Centre design plan:
$80k for Reservoir Leisure Centre design plan
Councillors have committed $80,000 to developing a Reservoir Leisure Centre “Concept Design Plan”. This is a second coming for the plan; the previous council considered funding in last year’s budget…
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March 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
$80k for Reservoir Leisure Centre design plan:
Two more locations in Darebin will be part of the state government’s Activity Centres Program:
More Activity Centres announced in Thornbury
Two more locations in Darebin will be part of the state government’s Activity Centres Program. The Allan government hopes fast-tracked approvals and changed height limits around select public…
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March 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Two more locations in Darebin will be part of the state government’s Activity Centres Program:
A community panel has seen the addition of a dedicated transparency pillar to the Darebin 2041 Community Vision:
Three pillars good, four pillars better
A community panel has seen the addition of a dedicated transparency pillar to the Darebin 2041 Community Vision.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A community panel has seen the addition of a dedicated transparency pillar to the Darebin 2041 Community Vision:
Northcote will lose one of its cutest shops when Keke & Kaka shuts its doors at month’s end: buff.ly/a8F0LRy
March 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Northcote will lose one of its cutest shops when Keke & Kaka shuts its doors at month’s end: buff.ly/a8F0LRy
The Skink Tank NSC Social Sanctuary gig @cattoraytube.bsky.social mentioned in our March edition is today!
Offering a sound which is simultaneously nostalgic and completely unique, the band has taken that classic northern suburbs foundation and built something special.
More here: buff.ly/oYyNwD0
Offering a sound which is simultaneously nostalgic and completely unique, the band has taken that classic northern suburbs foundation and built something special.
More here: buff.ly/oYyNwD0
March 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Skink Tank NSC Social Sanctuary gig @cattoraytube.bsky.social mentioned in our March edition is today!
Offering a sound which is simultaneously nostalgic and completely unique, the band has taken that classic northern suburbs foundation and built something special.
More here: buff.ly/oYyNwD0
Offering a sound which is simultaneously nostalgic and completely unique, the band has taken that classic northern suburbs foundation and built something special.
More here: buff.ly/oYyNwD0